In the province of Hakkari in northern Kurdistan, the AKP is apparently preparing for an electoral fraud. The AKP's provincial chairman took the list of members of the electoral commission and, under threats, imposed his own list instead.
The AKP/MHP regime is under unprecedented pressure in the upcoming elections. In previous elections, the government relied on massive electoral fraud, ballot boxes disappeared, votes were thrown away or falsely counted. Evidence of similar fraud is mounting again in the run-up to the parliamentary and presidential elections on 14 May.
In the resistance stronghold of Hakkari with its 200,000 eligible voters, the AKP has hijacked lists of the election commissions that are supposed to control the 590 polling stations in the city. As usual, the provincial election committee selects people to work in the polling stations. This time, in a coup-like act, the list was seized by AKP provincial chairperson, Emrullah Gür, and the people on the list were replaced by AKP supporters. Through massive pressure on the electoral committee, the AKP politician managed to get his list accepted.
